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These chocolate espresso linzer cookies are delicate, buttery, crisp, and perfect for Valentine's Day! Made with Shepherd’s Grain All Purpose Flour, these delicate heart sandwich cookies are fun to make and delicious to eat! Despite the long process of chilling and rolling out the dough, these cookies are surprisingly easy to make and only require 10 ingredients. Make these for someone special to let them know how much you care!
Ingredients you'll need to make these valentine's day linzer cookies:
- Shepherd's Grain All Purpose Flour: Shepherd’s Grain All Purpose Flour is made from sustainably grown wheat and creates the most beautiful bakes with the perfect taste and texture.Get your own flour here!
- Almond Flour: Use extra fine almond flour for the best texture in the cookies.
- Espresso Powder: You'll need 15g of espresso powder, which seems like a lot when you're adding it, but I promise it's necessary to ensure the flavor comes through!
- Unsalted Butter: You'll need two sticks of unsalted butter at room temperature.
- Granulated Sugar: You'll need about ¾ cup of sugar.
- Egg: Bring your egg to room temperature by adding it in a bowl of warm water.
- Vanilla: Use a good quality vanilla paste or extract.
- Chocolate: Use your favorite semi-sweet chocolate for the ganache.
- Heavy Cream: You'll need about a ¼ cup of heavy cream for the ganache.
Some notes on how to make these linzer cookies:
1. Make the cookie dough and chill in the fridge for at least one hour or up to a few days.
2. On a lightly floured surface, roll out one disk of dough to ⅛" in thickness. Use a 2 ½" fluted round cutter and a 1" heart cutter. Cut out an even number of solid cookies and cookies with a heart cutout.
3. Place all cutout cookie dough in the freezer for 10 minutes. Place the scrap cookie dough back in the fridge for about 15 minutes before re-rolling.
4. Bake the frozen cutout cookies at 350 degrees F for about 10 minutes. Bake the tiny hearts for about 8 minutes. Allow cookies to cool completely on the baking sheet.
5. Repeat with the remaining cookie dough.
1. In a heat proof bowl, combine the chocolate and heavy cream.
2. Heat in the microwave in 15 second intervals. Gently stir between each interval.
3. Once fully melted and combined, allow to sit for just a few minutes to cool down, then immediately use to assemble cookies.
To ensure that the linzer cookies maintain their shape in the oven, chill the cookie dough for at least one hour, then freeze the cutout dough for 10 minutes.
Since linzer cookies are meant to be crisp, store them at room temperature covered loosely with aluminum foil.
Other valentine's recipes you'll love:
- Mini Chocolate Soufflé For One
- Fudgy Mocha Brownie Cookies
- Red Velvet Heart Macarons with Mascarpone Frosting
A few tips to make these chocolate espresso linzer cookies:
- Be sure to chill the dough as instructed above and in the recipe card so your cookies will maintain their shape.
- Do not make the ganache until you are ready to assemble, as it will harden after a few minutes.
- Get you own Shepherd’s Grain All Purpose Flour here!
Happy baking! x
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Chocolate Espresso Linzer Cookies
- Prep Time: 2 hours
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 2 hours 10 minutes
- Yield: 30 linzer cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
Ingredients
For the Linzer Cookies:
- 240g Shepherd's Grain All Purpose Flour
- 110g almond flour
- 15g espresso powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 227g unsalted butter (room temp)
- 148g granulated sugar
- 1 egg (room temp)
- 1 tsp vanilla paste or extract
For the Chocolate Ganache:
- 142g chocolate
- 60g heavy cream
Instructions
For the Linzer Cookies:
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, almond flour, espresso powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar for 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg and vanilla to the butter, sugar mixture, and mix until fully combined.
- Add the dry ingredients in two batches, mixing on low speed until everything is mostly combined.
- Use a rubber spatula to scrape the bottom of the bowl and finish combining the dough. It will seem dry, but that's okay.
- Divide the dough in two, shape into disks, and wrap tightly with plastic wrap. Chill in the fridge for at least one hour or up to a few days.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out one disk of dough to ⅛" in thickness. Use a 2 ½" fluted round cutter and a 1" heart cutter. Cut out an even number of solid cookies and cookies with a heart cutout.
- Place all cutout cookie dough in the freezer for 10 minutes. Place the scrap cookie dough back in the fridge for about 15 minutes before re-rolling.
- Bake the frozen cutout cookies for about 10 minutes. Bake the tiny hearts for about 8 minutes. Allow cookies to cool completely on the baking sheet.
- Repeat with the remaining cookie dough.
For the Chocolate Ganache:
- In a heat proof bowl, combine the chocolate and heavy cream.
- Heat in the microwave in 15 second intervals. Gently stir between each interval.
- Once fully melted and combined, allow to sit for just a few minutes to cool down, then immediately use to assemble cookies.
For Assembly:
- Pair the linzer cookies up and sprinkle powdered sugar and/or cocoa powder on the top heart cookies.
- Spread a thin layer of chocolate ganache on the bottom cookie, then place the paired cookie on top.
Keywords: linzer cookies, espresso linzer cookies, chocolate ganache, valentine's day dessert
Meg says
Can I make this with no almond flour, only regular all-purpose flour?
Sloane says
Hi Meg! I do not recommend replacing the almond flour. If you are looking for a cutout cookie with just all-purpose flour you can try these cutout sugar cookies - https://atsloanestable.com/snowflake-sugar-cookies/. You can even add espresso powder to the dough to make them the same flavor as these linzer cookies!